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As Efforts Intensify to Contain Bundibugyo Ebola, Women Remain Most Vulnerable to Its Economic Impact

Jul 06, 2026
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An Epidemic of Parastatals in Nigeria’s Health Sector

Jul 04, 2026
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From Innovation to Integration: What It Will Take to Make Every Pregnancy Safer in Nigeria

Jul 03, 2026
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Community Feedback Prompts PHC Upgrade in Gauraka, Niger State

Jul 03, 2026
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Why Zambia is Rethinking Tuberculosis Testing, and Why Validation Must Come First

Jul 02, 2026
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By Nigeria Health Watch | September 12, 2025

West African Health Ministers Unite for Lassa Fever Vaccine Readiness: A Historic Step for Regional Health Security

Uwaifiokun Okhuarobo (Lead writer) The ECOWAS Lassa International Conference builds on the first convening held in Abuja in 2019, when the country came together to mark fifty years since the discovery of Lassa fever. Despite decades of scientific effort, no viable vaccine had yet been developed. That moment made clear just how urgently countries needed […]

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The Three-Pronged Approach That Cut Ekiti’s Maternal and Child Mortality in Half

By Nigeria Health Watch | March 19, 2025

Tzar Oluigbo (Lead Writer) In the dead of night in 2014, panic spread through Irono, a small community in Ekiti State, reliant on the services of a single Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC). After a mother had just given birth at the PHC, an intruder attempted to steal a newborn. The baby’s sharp cries drew nurses […]

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Strengthening Community Health Systems and Mobilising Men for Stronger Maternal Health

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 23, 2024

Every day, many pregnant women across Nigeria undergo health crises that are preventable due to the gaps which exist in the delivery of healthcare services across health facilities. This could be attributed to cultural, traditional or religious factors in communities around the country. To commemorate 2024’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, a joint […]

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A Healthcare System Ensures Health Coverage for Nigeria’s Almajiri Children

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 16, 2024

Chinonso Kenneth (Lead writer) In 2014, Mohammed Keana accompanied a group of colleagues from the London School of Health & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) who were engaged in a research programme in Gombe State to try out the street food in the state’s capital. What followed was profound and gave him a lifelong purpose. While waiting […]

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Charting the Course: Reducing Neonatal and Under-5 Mortality by 50% in Ekiti State

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 21, 2024

In this week’s feature, Dr. Oyebanji Filani, Commissioner for Health and Human Services in Ekiti State, reflects on his four-year tenure transforming the state’s health sector. Through leadership, active engagement with citizens, data-driven innovation, and strategic partnerships, Ekiti State has achieved tremendous results: halving neonatal and under-5 mortality rates, reducing teenage pregnancies by 36%, and […]

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